Container



J. M. HOTHERSALL.

CONTAINER.

APPL'ICATION FILED MAR.29, 1915.

1',304,772'. Patented May 27, 1919.

' a citizen of the United States, residin UNITED STATES PATENT orr onJOHN M. no'rnnnsnrr, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'rO AMER-roan CAN 7COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, 1v, Y., A CORPORATION or NEW JERSEY.

' CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern: 7 'Be itknown that I, JOHN M.- HormiizsALp,in Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and tate OfNew York, have invented anew and-useful Improvement in Containers, of which the following isspecification! My invention relates ingeneral. to containers, and hasmore particular reference to containers provided with hingedlids adaptedto close down over an open body. The invention is hereinafter describedin connection with a container for an inking pad,"

although it will be manifest as the invention is better understood, thatit has a wider and more general application, being capable of effectiveembodiment in containers for a variety of purposes and of a variety ofform.

A principal object of the invention is the provision of such a containerwith means for positively and effectually preventing the cover fromclosing down too far upon the open top body. This is particularlydesirable in contalners where it is preferred to maintain the upper ortop portion of the cover well above a content'substantially filling thebody. Containers of this character are usuall of sheet metal and anoutwardly or inwar y extending rib or bead is provided to limit theclosing movement of the cover unless the parts be constructed withexpensive accuracy. The flanges with which such covers are usuallyprovided may and frequently do slip past these beads or ri bs,permitting the cover to close too far at times, bringing it into contactwith the content of the container and sometimes causing it to jam inclosed osition.

The covers or containers of this character are frequently constructedfrom a single blank of metal cut to provide the flanges which arethereafter bent down at substantially right angles to the plane of thebody portion. An Object of this invention is the provision of means forpreventing covers provided with flanges thus formed from sliding pastthe bead provided to limit their movement, and this without regard towhether the front cover flange is connected or not at its edges with theadjacent edges of the side cover flanges.

A further object of this invention is the provision of containersprovided with means of the character described which may be constructedwithout the addition of any members to the container andwithoutrequiring the utilization of any more material than *1s requ red111' containers with' such means.

A further object of the invention is the provision of such a containerwhich may be,

cheaply constructed and which will be both Patented May 27,1919.

not provided easy and sure of operation and'pleasing in appearance;Other objects and advantages of the inven ion will be apparent as itisbetter understood from the following vdescription when considered inconnection with the accompanying drawing illustrating a preferredembodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a erspective of an inking pad container embo ying myinvention showing the cover in closed position;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the cover in open position;

Fig. 3 is a partial section taken through the hinge connection betweenthe body and cover; and

Fig. 4 is a similar view taken through one of the cover flange retainingdevices or means with which this container is provided.

For the purpose Ofillustrating my invention I have shown it embodied inan inking pad box or container of the well known flat rectangular formand composed of a body 5 and a cover 6 hinged together at 7 in any usualor preferred manner. The end walls 8 of the body and its front wall 9are provided beneath the top edges 10 of these walls with outwardlyextending ribs or beads 11 against which embracing end flanges 12 and afront flange 13 of the cover rest when the cover is closed.

Just above the rib or bead 11 of the front wall 9 two cuts 14 are madethrough the material of the front wall. These cuts define lips 15 which,in accordance with my invention, are disposed in upright position, thecuts being so arranged that the bases of the lips are in the outer faceof the bead. These lips extend up in substantial. parallelism with thefront wall of the body and are spaced outwardly a material distance fromthe portions of the body surrounding the from sliding off the bead orlip 11, thereby retaining the cover in the desired predeterminedposition With the body portion thereof Well above the inking pad. henthis construction is provided itis unnecessary tov connect or securetogether the front and side flanges of the cover.

It Will be manifest from the foregoing that no additional member. ormaterial is needed in addition to that required for the.

simple construction of the container for the provision of the cover.retaining means. i. 6.,

Copies at this. patent. may; he obtained for the form hereinbeforedescribed being merely a. preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim A sheet metal box consisting of a body and a flanged coverhinged thereto, the body being formed With a bead projecting outwardlyfrom the normal vertical front Wall of the body, the front Wall of thebody above the bead and the top portion of the. bead be:-

ing cut and pressed outward to form vertical lips, the basesof' whichare set out beyond the flange of the cover, the rear sides of said lipsbeing parallel and contiguous Withthe front of the cover flange, thelatter. being internally and. externally smooth Signed in the presenceof two. subscribing witnesses. 7

JOHN M.. HOTHEBSALL. Witnesses:

Dr FOSTER, D. F. MENNIS..

fivev cents each byf addressing, the. Commissioner of Patcnts,,.washington l'. 0.8

